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I'm guessing that Steve Bull of Wolves did so. @City Rocker

I had a pair of Co-op boots in the mid 1950's with Stan Matthews signature on them and they were mid grey. I believe that Matthews boots were sponsored by Co-op, the first such player in UK, and as part of the deal, he visited the major Co-op shops in cities/towns on the Saturday morning where Blackpool were playing a First Division away game. Dad took me three times to Cardiff City in the hope that I'd get an autograph but each time he was injured so didn't travel. Cardiff fans said it was because he didn't want another kicking from the Welsh captain, Alf Sherwood, who played left back!

Number one striker/goal scorer is obviously Big John. But for me there is another one who could be number two. Jimmy Rogers, promotion 1955 with 102 goals, a superb good amount for one who played mostly on the wing except for two seasons at number 9. Two consecutive seasons of 25 per season. Tom Ritchie who was also not considered as the major striker a superb 132, 40 of which were scored in Division One Both of these were highly responsible for significant promotions so I won't add any others.

That is the only time in my life of supporting City, when I could not stop laughing when we had conceded. And I still laugh every time it's heard again.

I can see Tommy wanting to leave this summer if the new head coach, what's his name? continues to play him on his own without any decent passes to use and expecting him to score from the pathetic service he's receiving.

Considering the league that we are in, the playing staff and recent performances, I consider this match is one of the worst that I've seen in decades. Tiredness due to a high number of games in a very short time? Nonsense because all clubs have the same number of matches. Long distance travelling? Nowhere near the trips to the north. Utterly terrible performance. Absolutely pathetic attacking. Defensive clangers yet again. To sum it up, the negative performance of one player who shall be unnamed, highlights how weak we are at playing passes forward through the central territory. Add to this match, the pathetic Bears performance last Friday, and the inept one today, what a waste of time following City and Bears.

The only regular football commentary that I can remember in the 1950's was on The Light Programme, precursor to Radio 2. It was the second half of a Football League match; totally random choice of game and from any of the four leagues, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3 North and Div 3 South. The match chosen by BBC was not publicised before the programme, as far as I know.

Three years before my first match at Ashton Gate. That was before the stand was built, became Williams stand after 1982.

We got three regular in the first team from that youth team. Taints, Chrissy and Danny Bartley who made his first team debut when the new floodlights replaced Harry's original ones against Wolves Christmas 1965. He also took the corner in Atyeo's last match that, allegedly, brushed Big John's eyebrow for his second goal of the game. The biggest disappointment to the club and himself I guess was John Giles who many City fans who followed this youth team, thought was a certainty to become a first team regular. It just proves.es how hard it is to makthee it to League status. I met Bob Boyd in 2015 when I moved to live in Burnham on Sea and had a good chat about those days and the events of 1982.

End block of Dolman at Covered End. Those were the days.

Mr Osborne the Form and German Teacher, who was a Lancastrian and a thoroughly decent person unlike some of the bullies that posed as teachers.

Thanks @Frenchay Red I was there for that match. Biggest crowd at Ashton Gate in my lifetime of 42,594. I went to BGS and we had lessons on Saturday mornings. Our Form Master gave three of us an early end to school because we had tickets. And one more for Red Alligator. Wally Hinshelwood played 149 games for City so a significant part of our history.

Sorry to have bothered you. But having watched the great-grandfather play for City and provide goals for Atyeo and others in a decent Second Division team and then seeing or reading about the various offspring playing league football for clubs like Crystal Palace, I find it very interesting that five generations of the same family have made it to top league status. A very rare football achievement.

Jack Hinshelwood scored for Brighton this evening. His Great Grandfather Wally played for City from 1956 to 1960. And his father, grandfather and a couple of cousins have all played professionally at decent levels. Now that is a real football family.

What about the rearranged evening game in our promotion season? Sweeney scored just before half time and Albion laid siege as we defended that lead at the Brummie Road end. Then there was a Boxing day when a divot in our penalty area scored the very late winner. A back pass to Keith Welch and as he was about to kick it clear and the ball hit a lump of mud and went over his foot and trickled into the net.

Learning to dance is very good for everyone. When my first wife died, I was lost for things to do, apart from City and Bears. I went to a singles club, which did dances, social evenings and weekend walks and cycle rides. Going to dances when you just shake yourself soon got boring so I joined lessons for salsa and le roc. Met lots of people of both genders, went to rock n roll weekends at Pontins and have been happily married to one of the women I met there for 23 years. Still think about first wife almost every day but not in a negative way. Life is not a rehearsal for another time. So enjoy it now.

A team where confidence is visibly growing match by match. There is improvement all over the team and while the Mehmeti performance is a stand out one, the subtle differences with Tanner and Williams are helping just as much. I was upset when Pearson was dispensed with but it's not unusual in any walk of life, that a change is as good as a rest. NP did a fantastic job in helping us to become a proper football club again. Now it's Manning to guide us forward without having to right what was wrong three years ago. COYREDS!

Thanks @BS3_RED and all the other Reds for going to support the team. I've done with away matches as travelling there and back on a day is too much now at my age. Coincidentally, my last two away games were at Watford around 2010/13 when we got one draw and a win. So thanks to you and all the others who were there today.

Another one for the Over 50 City Goals board in the concourse. I have seen all but six of the existing ones, because they were all pre WW2.

Let's not get too excited as too much pride comes before a fall. One game at a time and don't forget that we travel to the Bluenoses on Friday. A jinx team for us, so any result other than defeat will be a magnificent achievement. Could be get Conway to do a Bob Taylor and stick it right up them?

My Man of the Match? Everyone in the squad, the Coaching team and those great supporters. Have I missed anyone?

Are you sure that you're not confusing him with Malcolm Allyson?

And so he would have been if he could have played in any of our sides since. He was very quick and not many wingers got the better of him. Not even Sir Stanley Matthews who, having pulled in a post war record City crowd, was kept very quiet by The Threshing Machine.

Buses in Bristol on New Year's Day are running on a Sunday service. Whatever made you think otherwise. If you live near Mem that's not a problem at all with several routes going down Gloucester Road from top of Muller Road.

Not a lot one can say. A very sad loss to family and the RNLI team. Good night Chris.